They dated from 1996 to 2009, and she was his manager for some of that time too.
We’re definitely a team" (viaThe Cinemaholic).
Of course, the year after, he and Bock split.

Pennington finally cleared things up in an Instagram comment from June 2021.
Later that same year,Pennington and his now-wife Kellee Merrellgot engaged and then married.
They initially met a year after Pennington and Bock split, meeting again a decade later in 2020.

“Luckily our paths finally crossed at the right time,” Pennington said.
“It’s one of those things where you just feel happy being around a person.
I never thought I would get married, but she changed that.
Glad I waited for the one.”